| Identification Data | 
| Common Name |  | 
| Constellation | Hydra | 
| Star Name | 56    Hya | 
| Skymap Number | 14470115 | 
| Henry Draper (HD) Number | 130259 | 
| Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 5516 | 
| SAO Number | 182882 | 
| Durchmusterung (DM) Number | CD-2510537 | 
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
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| Positional Data | 
| Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 263407 | 
| Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 14h 47m 44.805s | 
| Declination (Dec) J2000 | -26° 5' 15.001" | 
| Position Uncertainty | 0.0090s | 
| Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | +0.00274 | 
| Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | -0.008466 | 
| Radial Velocity | -000.8km s-1 | 
| Trigonometric Parallax | +0.00984s | 
| Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00076s | 
| GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | -0.668100 | 
| GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | -0.600224 | 
| GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | -0.439743 | 
| Galactic Longitude | 333.16° | 
Galactic Latitude
  | 29.87°
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| Observational Data | 
| Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 5.24 | 
| Derived Visual Magnitude |  | 
| Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.003 | 
| Observed B Magnitude | 6.17 | 
| Observed B-V Colour | +0.928 | 
| Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.005 | 
| Observed U Magnitude |  | 
| Observed U-B Colour |  | 
| Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty |  | 
| Observed Photovisual Magnitude | 5.4 | 
| Observed Photographic Magnitude |  | 
| Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | G5III | 
| One-Dimensional Spectral Class | G5 | 
| Position Angle |  | 
| Year of Observation |  AD |